Climate change effects on vegetation in the Pacific Northwest: a review, synthesis, and analysis of the current scientific literature and vegetation models
(1 Survey and analyze etrueisting scientific knowledge (and speculation) about vegetation responses to past and future climatic changes, with emphasis on major vegetation types of the Pacific Northwest; (2) Synthesize information for each of the major vegetation types (biomes) of Washington and Oregon; 3) Provide information about the vulnerability of vegetation to climate change and about potential climate-induced vegetation changes; and 4) Identify knowledge gaps and uncertainty in the scientific information and evaluate the utility and appropriate uses of vegetation simulation model output for use in natural resource planning efforts, given model assumptions and uncertainty.
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1) Survey and analyze existing scientific knowledge (and speculation) about vegetation responses to past and future climatic changes, with emphasis on major vegetation types of the Pacific Northwest; 2) Synthesize information for each of the major vegetation types (biomes) of Washington and Oregon; 3) Provide information about the vulnerability of vegetation to climate change and about potential climate-induced vegetation changes; and 4) Identify knowledge gaps and uncertainty in the scientific information and evaluate the utility and appropriate uses of vegetation simulation model output for use in natural resource planning efforts, given model assumptions and uncertainty.
